website compromise

WordPress Sign1 Malware Infects Over 39K Sites In 6 Months

| | brute-force attacks, Cyber attack sequence, Cybersecurity News, cybersecurity threats, Evading detection techniques, Malicious code injection, Malicious JavaScript Injections, Malware Detection, Plugin vulnerabilities, Sucuri security, website compromise, Website Security, WordPress Sign1 malware
Recent media reports have revealed a malicious malware campaign that has been active for the past six months. Reports claim that the WordPress Sign1 malware has infected and compromised over 39,000 sites ...
TuxCare
breach

WordPress Sites Hacked Through Vulnerable Payment Forms Plug-in

| | credential theft, Directory Traversal, plug-in vulnerability, website compromise, wordpress, WP Cost Estimation
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in a WordPress plug-in that was patched months ago without being publicly announced. A different vulnerability has been found in the same plug-in during a recent forensic investigation ...
Security Boulevard
BEC business email compromise scammer

Equifax Website Taken Down After Distributing Adware

| | adware, CVE-2017-11776, email encryption, Equifax, outlook, S/MIME, vulnerability, website compromise
U.S. credit monitoring bureau Equifax has taken down one of its websites following reports that it was redirecting users to adware served in the form of a fake Flash Player update. The ...